Brazil House Backs Critical Minerals Bill as Lula Meets Trump

A worker holds a soil sample at a rare earth exploration project in Caldas Novas, Minas Gerais state, Brazil.

Photographer: Victor Moriyama/Bloomberg

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Brazil’s lower house approved a bill to regulate the exploration of critical and strategic minerals, a step toward realizing the potential of the nation’s vast reserves as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva prepares to meet Donald Trump.